Definitions for Hyacinthus

Hyacinthus Hy·a·cin·thus

Spelling: [hahy-uh-sin-thuh s]
IPA: /ˌhaɪ əˈsɪn θəs/

Hyacinthus is a 10 letter English word.

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Definitions for Hyacinthus

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  1. a youth loved but accidentally killed by Apollo: from the youth's blood sprang the hyacinth.

Examples for Hyacinthus

A sculptor would like you more now,—what a head you would make for an Anteros, or an Icarus, or a Hyacinthus!

Nor was it Apollo alone who desired the friendship of Hyacinthus.

Drooping like Hyacinthus beneath the blow of the quoit, he sank on Amyas's arm.

In 1596 the Hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis) was introduced from the Levant.

She thought of Hyacinthus as she might have thought of a divinity.

The myth is akin to those of Linus, Hyacinthus, and Narcissus.

So does Hyacinthus live on; so do Apollo and Zephyrus still love and mourn their friend.

But now comes in Zephyrus with the tidings that Hyacinthus is slain by Apollo.

Some have ascribed it to the Hyacinthus comosus; others to butomus umbellatus.

The precise relation which Apollo bears to Hyacinthus is obscure.

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